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The Big Ruckus was Honda's best scooter idea ever , and I mean EVER ! Unfortunately it was also their worse execution EVER ! When some pays this kind of money for a Honda he or she expects that the scooter will be road ready right off the show room floor , and rightfully so I might add .

This scooter like I said above was Honda's worse execution ever , the carburetor was way under jetted , I presume to pass California's emission standards . This lead to the worst bog off the line I have ever experienced on a scooter or a motorcycle . The rider could very easily find himself stalling out in the middle of oncoming traffic (NO JOKE).

The rear shock (mono) was so weak that it bottomed out on the slightest bumps . Due the weak shock on a hard lean the rear tire could easily lose it's grip , and drop the driver on the pavement (NO JOKE)

The variator was plain and simple TRASH and some thing you might expect with a $599.00 Chinese scooter .

11/07/10 UPDATE

Since writing this review I found fixes for all of Honda's short comings on this scooter . After doing all of the below my Big Ruckus now runs as one would expect from a 250cc scooter that ran $6,200 out the door .

Adding only one quart of oil which is plenty , prevents blow back on to the air filter which led to poor combustion .

Replace your air filter and change oil re-fill oil with only one quart .

Re-jet carb .

Replace stock variator with Jcosta .

Replace rear shock with Bitubo .

Where to buy below .

For the re-jetting use a #45 pilot and a # 102 main . You can order them one at a time here Jets-R-us . Jets R Us